Instead, she had decent stats, though she was infantry. If she had stats like GBA Soldiers, no one would use her. This coincides with Soldier becoming a playable class, with Nephenee being the first playable Soldier since Fire Emblem: Gaiden. Through Fixed Mode, we can see that the “essence of a Soldier” is in their HP and Defense stats, though their stats were fine all around. In previous games, there wasn't a competent, basic Lance infantry class on their level. That put them pretty much equal to those classes as THE Lance-using infantry (on-foot, no special characteristics) class. Starting with Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Soldiers were treated like the Lance-wielding counterpart to the Sword-using Myrmidon, the Bow-using Archer, and the Axe-using Fighter. Before, Soldiers were treated as below-average expendable units. The Tellius games ( Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn) are when the average Soldier started getting respect. While the general quality of their peers is objectively low as well, no one's stats get as low as the Soldier's, reducing these guys to experience points fodder for your weak units. their bulk is otherwise nonexistent, they can't even lift up their weapon, and they can't hit their targets either due to their low Skill and Luck. The only thing the GBA Soldier has going for them is HP and some Strength. In this case, pretty much all Soldiers will be weighed down by the basic Iron Lance, bringing his effective Speed to 1. In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, your Constitution stat determines if you can carry a weapon without speed loss. This Soldier is probably carrying an Iron Lance, which has 8 weight. Here's a Soldier from the middle of Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones, right before they're gone.Though these humans are later replaced by magic-made monsters: But they got even worse from there in the Game Boy Advance games. That's less a competent individual (and definitely not a threat to Marth) and more of a walking Iron Lance. You can get a comparison to the Dracoknights in the next section. They look like this:įor context, these stats are awful. But there are a trio of Soldiers there as well. The most memorable part of that chapter are the three Wyvern Riders (alternatively named Dracoknights). While Soldiers first appeared in Fire Emblem: Gaiden, that game was weird and atypical, so let's skip to their second appearance as the first discussion point: Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, where their first appearance was in Book 2's Chapter 2: Rebellion at Macedon. Perhaps they died out, leaving only the elite troops behind.ĭespite all of this dismal talk about them, Soldiers have gotten better over time, too. As Fire Emblem games get past midway and beyond, Soldiers stop appearing. They're the epitome of quantity over quality. They often have abusive superiors that want to kill them when they screw up. Soldiers won't be the boss or head of any army, and it'd be wrong to really call them critical to success. They're Lance wielders, which are cheap and can be effective and even simple to lethally poke people with. I'll get to this later in the article, but Soldiers are what happens when an army needs a lot of warm bodies to accomplish something and at relatively low cost. They're patriots and we're committed to their development. Koopa Kingdom's Troopas aren't pawns in our games! or you'll define it like how this Grado Soldier did to a new Recruit: and how they eventually became seen as equals.ĭepending on how cynical you are, you'll either define the role of Soldiers as defending their country and its way of life from threats. This article will examine the Soldier class throughout history and the pressures they have to deal with. They were so bad that they were mocked for years among Fire Emblem players. and they've had a very spotty reputation that is only relatively recently being repaired. #Fire emblem 8 randomizer recruits not evolving series#T he Fire Emblem series has seen many Soldiers employed throughout its history. By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - From LOL GBA Soldier to a respectable class.
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